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"A medicine wheel is a central circle, spiral or cairn of stones from which lines of other stones radiate, often as "spokes" to an outer circle of stones. Since ancient times, American Indians have created many such arrangements of stones and held them sacred. Planted with healing herbs, the sacred space of a medicine wheel can also become a special kind of garden: a private ecosystem and a small sanctuary for the birds, butterflies, ad animals whose natural wild spaces are at risk. Or the medicine wheel can take a larger form as a unique community area or even an outdoor classroom.
Medicine Wheel Architecture
Whatever its size, start at one side of your site and pace to other in a straight line, counting your footsteps. Turn around and follow your footsteps back, stopping when your count reaches the midpoint. If you have taken fifty steps, for example, stop at twenty-five. That is the center of your medicine wheel. Mark this spot by sinking a short temporary pole in the ground.
The Stone center, outer circle, and directional cross of a medicine wheel garden give with sacred space its basic form. Some of the herbs you will plant will be colourful and grow quite tall, but they should always be arranged so that the stone architecture remains clearly seen.
Tie one end of a long, strong cord around the pole. Holding the cord, pace from the center to the edge of your site (twenty-five steps in our example). Stretch the cord taut and tie a knot in it to establish your distance from the center. Now hold the cord at your knot, keeping it stretched taut, and begin walking in a circle around the center pole. As you walk, place a fist-sized stone or anchor a stake ever few feet in your path. "
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